Improvement in label and label protector



March 9, 1954 R WALSH 2,671,678

IMPROVEMENT IN LABEL AND LABEL PROTECTOR Filed Feb. 20, 1950 2Sheets-Sheet l INVEN TOR.

March 1954 R. A. WALSH IMPROVEMENT IN LABEL AND LABEL PROTECTOR 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 20, 1950 INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 9, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IMPROVEMENT IN LABELAND LABEL PROTECTOR Robert Arthur Walsh, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application February 20, 1950, Serial No. 145,210

1 Claim.

The various types of labels and label protectors now in use are soconstructed as to render their functional efficiency unsatisfactory;Among such disqualifying detriments, as a result of their constructionthey are limited in application and fail to protect an object in eventof becoming detached from the object. due to no provision being made forthe forwarding address or other notation to be made under the label onthe object and further that the label itself is exposed to the action ofliquids, which may deface it, or cause it to become detached, in whichevent it is usually impossible to identify the addressee on thisaccount.

The object of my invention is to overcome these detriments by providinga label and label protector in the form of a flat flexible integralfolded sheet of paper, or other suitable material, composed of twoleaves, coated with an adhesive substance on their sides coming incontact with the object being labeled.

It is the further object of my invention to provide a sealed pocket thatwill protect any notation, from rough handling or liquids, that may betransmitted to an object through the medium of a carbon coated label, orotherwise.

It is the further object of my invention to eliminate the necessity ofusing individual parts in labeling articles and in protecting the label.

It is the further object of my invention to eliminate the messy smearassociated with pasting labels composed of individual parts.

It is the further object of my invention to provide a label and labelprotector that can be attached to articles of merchandise in a singleoperation.

This invention relates to labels and label protectors and it cr'tsistsin the novel features hereinafter described and claimed, and I declarethe following to be a full, clear, concise and exact description toenable anyone skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being made to the accompanying drawings in whichlike reference characters refer to like parts throughout thespecification.

The label and protector will be understood by reference to the drawingsin which Figure 1 is a rear view of leaf A and a front view of leaf B.

Figure 2 is a rear view of leaf B and a front view of leaf A.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the label and protector folded and with leafB turned back showin the uncoated area of leaf A.

Figure 4 is a front view of the label and protector folded and with leafA turned back.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the label and labelprotector is constructed of a flat flexible integral folded sheet ofpaper, or other suitable material, folded at i forming leaves A and B.

Transparent area 2 of leaf A being contained within an adhesive coatedmargin 3 on side A-l. Side A-5 of leaf A is uncoated.

Leaf B is opaque and is coated on side 13-! with an adhesive substancethroughout margin 1 entirely surrounding the carbon coated area 8. Side3-9 is uncoated. Leaf B is uniformly narrower transversely throughoutthan leaf A. Leaf B is shorter longitudinally measured from the foldingline than leaf A.

A convenient method of applying the label and label protector is for theuser to stick leaf B to the object being labeled by means of theadhesive coated margin 1. The label is further secured and the notationon the object protected by means of leaf A being impressed entirely overand stuck to leaf B and object by means of the adhesive coated margin 3on side A-l.

In leaf B may be arranged a line of perforations It to permit leaf A tobe attached to the object directly for additional security, but theseperforations may be omitted without destroying the function of theadhesive seal at this edge.

Having described what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is as follows:

As a new articleof manufacture, a combination label and label protector,comprising an integral body, constructed of a flexible element, adaptedto folding into two sheets of dissimilar size; the smaller of the twosheets having its obverse surface uncoated and its reverse surfaceinclude a duplicating substance entirely bounded with an adhesivemargin; the larger sheet having a transparent portion and an adhesivecoated margin bounding said transparent portion, said adhesive coatedmargin adapted to contact and overlap said smaller sheet.

ROBERT ARTHUR WALSH.

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